TripAdvisor Reviews Mas de la Rabassiere St Chamas

Travel Blogs from St Chamas

... through beautiful countryside and saw the lavender fields. They were full of brown stumps. I said to the kids that they will have to make a promise to themselves, that they will come back one day and see the lavender fields in flower. Tess said 'why? I know what lavender looks like and I saw the photos at the shop". Mmmm........Clint and I think we could have saved ourselves some cash and done this trip at home with ...

Off we go in the tiny car to Arles. It is very early morning and beautifully cool and crisp. The morning is clear and bright but there is not too much to see in Arles, on reflection i think we may have been a bit early as there are some really interesting things to see, and i put it on our list to do on our next visit.

We venture onto Nimes where we visit the Roman arena. I am horrified to find that bullfighting is still ...

On the 13th we began our next workstay in Miramas, France. We are staying with Carroll, Eric, their two teenaged daughters Myalise and Louisia, Gypsy the worlds most pregnant and hate-filled dog (seriously I have never seen an animal be so angry!) and the grey cat we have named Chairman Meow because I haven't asked what his actual name is yet and it probably won't be as good as that anyhow. There are also four horses and two ponies who ...

I feel like death only slightly warmed up this morning – have scored a cold from one of the million or so people I’ve interacted with over the last couple of days. Of course GG was ever so sympathetic, bouncing down the stairs in his bloody usual good morning mood! Grrrr.

Fortunately, a cup of Medhi’s best coffee soon righted my equilibrium and a nice croissant and some ...

... The views were spectacular! Afterwards, we walked around the town some more sights, got lunch, and caught our train!

Triumph of the weekend: When I returned home today and had dinner with my host family, my host father (who is only here on the weekends) said that he thinks that I have improved a lot. I was able to follow the conversation the whole dinner and understood every question they asked ...